The Gutierrez Law Firm, Inc. is proud to announce that J. Javier Gutierrez has been selected to the 2016 Texas Super Lawyers Rising Stars list. Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state of Texas are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. Javier has been selected to the list for five years in a
2013 saw an increase in auto-pedestrian fatalities. Whether you’re behind the wheel or crossing the street, there are precautions one can take to help prevent collisions between people and motor vehicles. Everyone is a Pedestrian The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that every seven minutes a pedestrian is injured in an auto-pedestrian accident. Any person walking near or across
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), more than nine people are killed and over 1,000 people injured each day in car accidents that involved a distracted driver. With such startling numbers of distracted driving accidents, understanding distracted driving and the associated risk factors could mean the difference between life and death. Types of Distracted Driving Distracted driving can be broken down
According to statistics from the Texas Department of Transportation, statewide in 2012, more than 1,300 people were killed in single-vehicle accidents in which the car left the road. While many people simply assume that single vehicle accidents are the fault of the drivers themselves – perhaps they were speeding, distracted by their cell phones, or they were inebriated. A closer examination
The last couple of years have featured record numbers of vehicle recalls for a variety of reasons, many of them potentially dangerous and possibly deadly. A few years back, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) took some heat for being a bit too lenient on car makers when it came to safety recalls and they responded by streamlining the
Our children are very precious to us. As we know, when they are young and have such little experience with anything, babies and toddlers tend to be highly curious and inquisitive and often love to put all sorts of things into their mouths. Unfortunately, when an object is small enough it can easily become lodged in their windpipe, causing them to choke. Leading
